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Memorial University of Newfoundland

In research, Memorial University of Newfoundland stands highest in Physical Sciences (#696 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#712 of 11,982 worldwide) and Engineering (#581 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Aquatic Science — Oceanography is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#819
of 28,054 · #727 all time
Rank in Canada
#22
of 403
Research works
31k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
742k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Memorial University of Newfoundland known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #696 of 12,888 20.0%2,005 #777
Health SciencesDomain #712 of 11,982 21.2%782 #630
EngineeringField #581 of 6,636 19.4%755 #552
MedicineField #1,132 of 10,443 19.2%593 #960
Social SciencesDomain #1,401 of 10,521 22.5%958 #684
Life SciencesDomain #1,089 of 7,800 23.3%460 #818
Environmental ScienceField #512 of 3,551 19.8%425 #474
Social SciencesField #1,339 of 6,365 22.6%478 #616
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #621 of 2,578 24.4%198 #533
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #575 of 2,318 17.1%190 #558

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Memorial University of Newfoundland sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#777 #696
  2. Health Sciences#630 #712
  3. Engineering#552 #581
  4. Medicine#960 #1,132
  5. Social Sciences#684 #1,401
  6. Life Sciences#818 #1,089
  7. Environmental Science#474 #512
  8. Social Sciences#616 #1,339
  9. Sociology and Political Science#533 #621
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#558 #575
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Memorial University of Newfoundland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 61.9 works5.2×
  2. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 23.8 works5.2×
  3. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 37.5 works4.9×
  4. PaleontologySubfield · 22.4 works4.4×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 72.5 works3.9×
  6. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 83.3 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 155 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 170 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 87 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 215 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.69× its world share, 243 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.56× its world share, 60 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.20× its world share, 755 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.04× its world share, 425 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 78 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 74 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 161 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 592 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 134 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 167 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 478 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland?

Ranked on the composite score, Fereidoon Shahidi, John M. Hanchar and Peter J. O’Brien lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Memorial University of Newfoundland.

  1. 1 Fereidoon Shahidi · #13,603 worldwide 2.2k citations · 188 works
  2. 2 John M. Hanchar · #21,744 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Peter J. O’Brien · #29,803 worldwide 634 citations · 85 works
  4. 4 John A. Scott · #33,955 worldwide 143 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Faisal Khan · #34,700 worldwide 1.4k citations · 196 works
  6. 6 Ratana Chuenpagdee · #35,806 worldwide 533 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 M.A. Rahman · #44,584 worldwide 631 citations · 98 works
  8. 8 David R. Wilson · #47,072 worldwide 363 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 John T. Brosnan · #60,914 worldwide 441 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Richard N. Hiscott · #61,204 worldwide 287 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland

Which keywords describe research at Memorial University of Newfoundland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Fisheries Sustainability and Arctic.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change276▲ 2.4×79 topics
  2. Epidemiology140▼ 0.84×113 topics
  3. Sustainability133▲ 1.30×63 topics
  4. Environmental Impact127▲ 1.77×46 topics
  5. Machine Learning126◆ 0.91×73 topics
  6. Renewable Energy110▲ 1.82×40 topics
  7. Remote Sensing103▲ 1.99×31 topics
  8. Deep Learning93▼ 0.64×70 topics
  9. Mental Health87▲ 1.41×35 topics
  10. Public Health75▲ 1.23×46 topics
  11. Aquaculture68▲ 6.2×7 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency59▲ 1.50×27 topics
  13. Identity57▲ 1.86×45 topics
  14. Fisheries Sustainability49▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Food Security46▲ 1.98×12 topics
  16. Population Dynamics44▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Conservation43▲ 2.4×19 topics
  18. Invasive Species42▲ 2.4×14 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services41▲ 2.5×7 topics
  20. Arctic39▲ 8.3×4 topics
  21. Trophic Cascades38▲ 9.7×2 topics
  22. Marine Environment35▲ 5.9×3 topics
  23. Tectonics32▲ 6.5×3 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 3.4×5 topics
  25. Plate Tectonics29▲ 4.5×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Management29▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Fish Population Dynamics29▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Marine Fisheries29▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Ocean Circulation29▲ 5.3×3 topics
  30. Predator-Prey Interactions29▲ 8.6×3 topics
  31. Marine Sediments28▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Hydrology27▲ 5.2×4 topics
  33. Ocean Acidification27▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Thermodynamic Modeling27▲ 5.7×3 topics
  35. Racial Disparities24▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Channel Estimation23▲ 6.4×4 topics
  37. Geochronology22▲ 7.5×1 topic
  38. Mass Incarceration22▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Prison System22▲ 9.2×1 topic
  40. Zircon22▲ 7.5×1 topic

Which research topics does Memorial University of Newfoundland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Marine and fisheries res…29Marine and fisheries research: 29 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…22Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 22 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 22 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 20 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 20 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 19 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 19 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…18Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 18 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 17 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 17 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsSociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries researchGlobal and Planetary Change 29 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 22 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSociology and Political Science 22 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 20 works
  5. 5 Hybrid Renewable Energy SystemsEnergy Engineering and Power Technology 20 works
  6. 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesGlobal and Planetary Change 19 works
  7. 7 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsAtmospheric Science 19 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquatic Science 18 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAtmospheric Science 17 works
  10. 10 Homelessness and Social IssuesGeneral Health Professions 17 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available30.7%not open69.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Memorial University of Newfoundland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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